Jilli forces Kim to humor her as she tells her of two women who experienced extraterrestrial abductions of the same origin despite being on opposite sides of the country.

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Sources:

“The Alien Abduction Files” by Kathleen Marden and Denise Stoner (book)

“Area 51: The Alien Interview-Special Edition (1997)” via youtube by 4k Archivist

https://youtu.be/TvamS6X5l2I?si=QSq6c-mddHVSrD7S

“Mutual UFO Network” – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_UFO_Network

“Who is Kathleen Marden?” – Tantor Media

https://tantor.com/author/kathleen-marden.html

“Who is Denise Stoner?” – Tantor Media

https://tantor.com/author/denise-stoner.html

Kim and her history lessons! This week, Kim gives Jilli a rundown on the mental asylum in the U.S. The ladies learn that if this were the 1800s, they'd have been committed several times over. Medical practices were wild back in the not-so-distant day and things even get a little spooky at the end.

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Sources:

Willard Asylum Suitcases https://www.willardsuitcases.com/

Danvers State Hospital https://www.danversstatehospital.org/

Delong, W. 2018, April 30. Why Danvers State Hospital Ranks Among History's Most Infamous Asylums. All That's Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/danvers-state-hospital

Eisenberg, L & Guttmacher, L.B. 2010, July 20. Were we all asleep at the switch? A personal reminiscence of psychiatry from 1940 to 2010. Wiley Online Library. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01544.x

Gellar, J. 2019, March 14. The Rise and Demise of America’s Psychiatric Hospitals: a Tale of Dollars Trumping Sense. Psychiatric News. https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2019.3b29

D'Antonio, P. History of Psychiatric Hospitals. Penn Nursing: University of Pennsylvania. https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/nurses-institutions-caring/history-of-psychiatric-hospitals/

Ruffalo, M. 2018, July 13. The American Mental Asylum: A Remnant of History. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freud-fluoxetine/201807/the-american-mental-asylum-remnant-history

We go back in time to 1935 when a mysterious man visits a hotel for a one night stay. Where are his bags? Why is he always sitting in the dark? And where did all the towels go?! Find out on this week’s episode on this old-timey mystery.

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Sources:
“Murder of Artemus Olgetree” – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Artemus_Ogletree

“The Mystery of Room 1046” via Youtube by The Dead Hours
https://youtu.be/0yf1r64TkAo?si=XNWbpbs1NY6MXCw1

“The Mystery of Room 1046, pt 1: Roland T. Owen” – Kansas City Public Library
https://kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/mystery-room-1046-pt-1-roland-t-owen